1、Read the following facts about Read the following facts about Martin Luther King,Jr and Martin Luther King,Jr and answer the questions.answer the questions.Fact box:1.Martin Luther King was born on January 15,1929.2.Montgomery bus boycott lasted 382 days.During these days of boycott,King was arreste
2、d,his home was bombed,he was subjected to personal abuse,but at the same time he emerged as a Negro leader of the first rank(一流的).3.In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,an organization for the now burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.4.Between 1957 and 1968,Ki
3、ng traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times,appearing wherever there was injustice,protest,and action;and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles.5.He directed the peaceful march in Washington,D.C.of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address “
4、l Have a Dream”on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.6.He was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963.7.At the age of thirty-five,Martin Luther King,Jr.was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.8.On the evening of April 4,1968,he was murdered.9.He became not only the symbolic
5、 leader of American blacks but also a world figure.1.What did Martin lead in Montgomery,Alabama?He led a boycott of the buses in Montgomery from 1955 to 1956.2.What was the famous speech that Martin gave in Washington,D.C.?On August 28,1963 Martin gave his famous“I Have a Dream”speech.Questions:3.Wh
6、ere did he give“I Have A Dream”?He spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,D.C.4.What great honor did Martin receive in 1964?Martin was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.5.How did Martin die?Martin Luther King Jr.was murdered in 1968.I have a dream1.What emotion did Martin want to e
7、xpress in his speech?2.On what condition did Martin make the speech?3.Why did he make the speech?Possible answers:1.Martin wanted to show his good will,strong wish and desire to seek freedom,liberty and equality for the black people.2.Martin made the speech in Washington D.C.，capital city of America
8、 after a march.The speech inspired the whole audience and the whole black people.3.He wanted his dream to become the dream of the whole nation.TitleI Have A DreamPart 1Generalize the main idea of each part.Martin described a picture of dream.He used the words(creed of equality,brotherhood,oasis of f
9、reedom and justice,sisters and brothers)to strengthen its vivid description.Part 2Part 3Martin expressed his hope to see equality,freedom and liberation nationwide.He expressed his strong wish to see a world of freedom,where people of different background enjoy freedom together.Post-reading What mak
10、es the speech powerful?What special methods are used in the speech?1 The speech is powerful because we can sense the strong feeling expressed in it.The use of parallelism intensifies the special effect.2 The speech is very powerful because of its beautiful words,such as creed of equality,brotherhood
11、,oasis of freedom and justice,sisters and brothers.These words express the same meaning,but it has different expressions.The use of metaphor and simile make this effect even stronger.WritingWrite a short speech over the environmental problem.Organize the passage using repetition,parallelism,metaphor
12、 and simile.TitleProblem:1.The harm that these problems cause.2.Point out how serious they are.Solution:1.Possible solutions to call on the audience to make their effort.2.Special measures to call on the whole society to take part.Sample speech:We Are EndangeredWe are living in a world that is badly
13、 polluted.Rubbish is around wherever we go.The air is not healthy for us to breathe;the water is no longer healthy for us to drink;the forest is destroyed day by day;the farmland is becoming desert;many species of animals are reducing in great numbers.We cant live a better life if we continue to pol
14、lute our environment.Its everyones duty to give a hand to protect our environment;its everybodys duty to save the energy and natural resources;its everyones responsibility not to produce harmful rubbish.Only when all of us give a hand can we expect a hopeful tomorrow.With this hope in mind we can se
15、e our sky become clear again;with this hope in mind we can find water in rivers get clean;with this hope in mind we will see flowers and grass instead of rubbish;with this hope in mind we will find the hills turn green;with this hope in mind we will see children breathe fresh air and play happily on the green grass.Recite the speech.Homework
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